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Mr Louie French vs Sir Oliver Dowden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 601 shared comparable votes.

594 same votes 7 different votes 601 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
31 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
31 Aye 51 No
40 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
31 Aye 51 No
40 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.1%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
1,021
1,275 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,700
2,405 eligible divisions
518
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.8% of votes cast
503
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
905
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Appearances
60
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
108
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.7 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API